Capture, torture, the usual.

I met Kumi today during my travels through the forrest. She was curious about mage craft and I said I'd teach her a bit, but then it sturck me that she was a little TOO curious and acting rather off. It seemed someone had given her some liquer. She scarcely remembered what she'd said about Mar's mother and just kept getting more confused, so I excused myself.

I nearly appeared in Siona's lap, which I don't consider to be a bad prospect. She was in the hall and I'd been heading there to see who was about. Siona was awfully playful, partly because she'd just had relations with Myth a night or two ago as I suspected. She kept nipping at me and I kept squirming til we ended up just snuggling and enjoying eachother.

She asked if I could get her a room in the castle, though she knows she has rooms in the tower. Then it struck me that regardless of my approval having men come into my tower whom she meant to have sex with would just be weird, so I slipped a Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion spell into the back of her pants and snickered.

Marquie came in and Siona thankfully started behaving. Valkryn had apparently beaten me to telling Mar about how Siona thought she'd react to the return of her mom. Siona cursed at him, which always brings joy to my heart even if hes not around to hear it. Then we eventually settled down and just talked. It was so nice to be like a real family for once, if only for a while.

Siona went into the kitchens to get some cocoa and then R appeared. She was curiously nice but Marquie didnt even say hi to her. R scolded her and I told her to stop, then Siona popped back in threatening to eat R's child and all sorts of other drowy stuff and calling me weak for not doing the same. I was rather put off but kept quiet and eventually they both got along and Marquie went out for a walk.

I wanted to join her but Siona and her needed to talk so I went after R instead. I followed her to the church and sat down beside her bed and before I knew it she'd gotten a chain around my wrist that just wasnt popping off. She started poking at me with a knife insisting that I'd made Marquie sad. When she told me she'd seen Marquie crying because of me I didnt even struggle anymore, I figured I deserved it.

She shoved me out the door after she was done, telling me to make things right with Mar, a rather strange order fro mher. Maybe she really does care for Marquie, it's not so hard to believe. I made my way back to the tower and cleaned up a bit, countering the shadow magic she'd used to bring a chill to the wounds, though I didnt magically heal them since she'd said not to.

I found Mar when I'd finished cleaning up and mending my clothes and nearly cried again as I begged her forgiveness, but she promised her problems werent because of me, and suddenly I figured out what had happened. When I failed to tell R what was really wrong with Mar she must have thought it was my fault, thus the torture.

So I was happy again and talked to Mar until I put her to bed. There was a strange feeling I was being watched so I created a warding above Dragonshire to defeat any scrying and then went back to tell R. I found her daughter Adriana instead,and she looked like she'd just awoke and was rather scantily clad. I was trying not to look and remain polite and she rather seemed to enjoy it.

R arrived after a bit and I told her my story as she led me to another bedroom in the slowly rebuilding church. She snapped both my wrists into chains this time with an incredible speed... or perhaps she'd simply dazzled me first. She was going to punish me further regardless of whether I deserved it or not just to amuse her daughter.

I was having none of it and summoned Calysmere, but Adriana and I began arguing and while that happened R slipped in and bit my neck gently. As usual I dropped my sword and fell into her arms. Luckily she wasn't mad at my challenge and just put me to bed.